Regional studies are defined as international, national, and subnational, but not global.
Major, book-length, regional analyses and studies centering on the structure of population and on the components and rates of growth in the modern period.
62:20021 Council of Europe (Strasbourg,
France). Recent demographic developments in Europe,
1995. ISBN 92-871-2853-7. 1995. 332 pp. Strasbourg, France. In
Eng.
"This yearly Council of Europe publication presents the
latest available information on population developments in forty-five
European states, including the size of the population, the rate of
population increase, migration, marriage and divorce, fertility,
mortality and the size of the foreign population....The report is
divided into three parts: an introduction, a synopsis and a
country-specific section. The latter consists, for each country, of a
national report with accompanying tables presenting the latest
developments in the main demographic indicators." This publication
is also available in French.
For a previous publication in this
series for 1994, see 61:20012.
Correspondence: Council of
Europe, Publications and Documentation Service, 67075 Strasbourg Cedex,
France. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:20022 Dumas, Jean; Bélanger, Alain;
Smith, Gordon. Report on the demographic situation in
Canada 1995: demographic similarities and differences between Ontario
and Quebec. Current Demographic Analysis, Pub. Order No. 91-209E.
Jan 1996. 195 pp. Statistics Canada, Demography Division: Ottawa,
Canada. In Eng.
"Statistics Canada presents its annual
stock-taking of what has contributed to the changing picture of the
nation's population. This report provides an account of emerging trends
and analyzes the behaviour explaining the growth of the population and
the changes in its structure and distribution. It also compares the
Canadian demographic situation with that of other major western
countries....[The report includes] an examination of the similarities
and differences between the populations of the two most populous
provinces of this country, attempting to show how each has evolved to
its current situation." Sections are included on marriage,
divorce, birth rate and fertility, abortion, mortality, life tables,
international and internal migration, immigrants, and the
institutionalized population.
This report was originally written in
French, currently available as Catalogue No. 91-209F.
Correspondence: Statistics Canada, Demography Division,
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6, Canada. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
62:20023 Ferrer Regales, Manuel; Calvo
Miranda, Juan J. Population decline, urban change, and the
rural crisis: recent demographic trends in Spain. [Declive
demográfico, cambio urbano y crisis rural: las transformaciones
recientes de la población de España.] ISBN 84-313-1302-1.
1994. 249 pp. Ediciones Universidad de Navarra [EUNSA]: Baranain,
Spain. In Spa.
This is a general analysis of population trends in
contemporary Spain in the context of demographic trends in the European
Community as a whole. The first chapter examines current demographic
trends in the Community and in Spain, focusing on the factors leading
to low fertility. Other chapters look at regional variations within the
Community; changes in urban and rural population dynamics; changes in
fertility, mortality, and migration; natural increase and migration;
and the "two Spains," defined as the metropolitan and
nonmetropolitan populations.
Correspondence: Ediciones
Universidad de Navarra, Plaza de los Sauces 1 y 2, 31010 Baranain,
Navarra, Spain. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:20024 Goldscheider, Calvin.
Israel's changing society: population, ethnicity, and
development. ISBN 0-8133-7793-5. LC 95-22944. 1996. xix, 271 pp.
Westview Press: Boulder, Colorado/Oxford, England. In Eng.
Focusing
on the relations among Israel's ethnic diversity, its economy, and
demographic change, this study examines how modern Israeli society has
evolved. The author shows how changes in immigration policy over time
by the Palestinian and Israeli governments have resulted in the current
mix of Jewish and Arab populations. Two important aspects of modern
Israel are identified. "The first concerns important changes in
marriage, family and intermarriage, educational attainment and
occupational achievement, ethnic politics, religion, and the changing
role of women. A second...pertains to the social and economic contexts
of community life. Here [the author] investigates rapid change among
Israel's major urban centers, towns, and agricultural centers,
including the Kibbutz as well as Arab communities. In concluding
chapters, the author discusses the role of government in shaping
population policy, including health, fertility, and contraceptive and
abortion issues. He also describes the influence of Jewish communities
outside of Israel and the impact of the Middle East conflict with Arab
states on Israel's domestic policy as well as the conflict with
populations in territories administered by Israel since
1967."
Correspondence: Westview Press, 5500 Central
Avenue, Boulder, CO 80301-2877. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
62:20025 Larivière,
Jean-Pierre. The Far East populations. [Les
populations d'Asie orientale.] Espace, Populations,
Sociétés, No. 2, 1995. 151-261 pp. Université des
Sciences et Technologies de Lille, U.F.R. de Géographie:
Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
This special
issue contains articles on the population in selected countries of
Eastern Asia, including Japan, Taiwan, North Korea, and
China.
Selected items will be cited in this or subsequent issues of
Population Index.
Correspondence: Université des
Sciences et Technologies de Lille, U.F.R. de Géographie, 59655
Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
62:20026 Paraguay. Dirección General de
Estadística, Encuestas y Censos (Asuncion, Paraguay).
Demography and society: an analysis of results from the national
census of population and housing, 1992. [Demografía y
sociedad: análisis de los resultados del censo nacional de
población y viviendos, 1992.] Dec 1994. 255 pp. Asuncion,
Paraguay. In Spa.
Results from the 1992 census of Paraguay are
analyzed in this report. There are chapters on geographic and
socioeconomic fertility differentials, the development of the
economically active population, spatial distribution and migration,
education, and housing.
Correspondence: Dirección
General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos, Secretaría
Técnica de Planificación, Presidencia de la
República, Luis Alberto de Herrera 1010, Asuncion, Paraguay.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:20027 Pison, Gilles; Hill, Kenneth H.;
Cohen, Barney; Foote, Karen A. Population dynamics of
Senegal. Population Dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa, ISBN
0-309-05280-7. LC 95-68873. 1995. xvi, 254 pp. National Academy Press:
Washington, D.C. In Eng.
This report is the last one in a series of
studies carried out under the auspices of the Panel on the Population
Dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa of the National Research Council's
Committee on Population. One of two in-depth studies of countries, this
report analyzes the population dynamics of Senegal. There are chapters
on the geographic and socioeconomic setting of the country, population
growth and distribution, fertility, and mortality. The report concludes
that Senegal's small fertility decline is linked to changes in marriage
patterns rather than to any increase in the use of modern
contraception.
Correspondence: National Academy Press, 2101
Constitution Avenue NW, P.O. Box 285, Washington, D.C. 20418.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:20028 Radovanovic, Svetlana; Kovacevic,
Miladin; Rancic, Miroljub; Rasevic, Mirjana; Stevanovic, Radoslav;
Penev, Goran; Petrovic, Mina; Radivojevic, Binjana; Raduski, Nada;
Sekulic, Njinjana; Rasevic, Miroslav; Grabenjsek, Dragana.
Population and households in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
based on the 1991 census. [Stanovnistvo i domacinstva SR
Jugoslavije prema popicu 1991.] Stanovnistvo, No. 47, ISBN
86-7479-038-0. 1995. 347 pp. Univerzitet u Beogradu, Institut
Drustvenih Nauka, Centar za Demografska Istrazivanja: Belgrade,
Yugoslavia; Savezni Zavod za Statistiku: Belgrade, Yugoslavia. In Scc.
with sum. in Eng.
Using data from the 1991 census, this report
analyzes recent population trends in Yugoslavia, consisting of the
republics of Serbia and Montenegro. The authors note a general trend
toward a decline in the rate of population growth, which will lead to
population decrease in the early decades of the next century. An
analysis by region shows some significant differences, ranging from
current depopulation in Vojvodina to high rates of growth in Kosovo and
Metohija, and almost zero population growth in Central Serbia.
Montenegro still has a growing population, but the rate of growth is
declining rapidly. The authors suggest that the current differences in
demographic behavior among the various ethnic groups in the population
are likely to continue. This in turn will lead to significant changes
in the ethnic composition of the population. The need to develop
appropriate population policies designed to minimize the impact of
these changes is stressed.
Correspondence: Savezni Zavod za
Statistiku, Kneza Milosa 20, P.O. Box 203, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:20029 Roy, Didier. Reunion and
its communes. [La Réunion et ses communes.] Les Dossiers de
l'Economie Réunionnaise, No. 35, ISBN 2-11-062641-0. Jul 1994.
123 pp. Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques
[INSEE]: Saint-Denis, Reunion. In Fre.
This report presents a
selection of data for the French overseas department of Reunion. The
data, which are presented separately by commune, concern population,
infrastructure, education, households, housing, employment,
unemployment, income, agriculture, industry, and communal finances. The
population data include population by age and sex, births, and
deaths.
Correspondence: Institut National de la Statistique
et des Etudes Economiques, 15 rue de l'Ecole, B.P. 13, 97408
Saint-Denis Cedex 9, Reunion. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
62:20030 Shu, Jing; Goldlust, John; McKenzie,
Fiona; Struik, Andrew; Khoo, Siew Ean. Australia's
population trends and prospects, 1995. ISBN 0-644-45905-0. 1996.
xvii, 126 pp. Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population
Research: Melbourne, Australia. In Eng.
This publication "is
an annual review of Australia's demographic situation. It examines
recent trends in population growth and the factors influencing that
growth. Such factors, namely births, deaths, immigration and
emigration, are covered in detail, and together with a review of the
changing population structure and distribution, they provide a basis
for making and assessing projections of Australia's population over the
next few decades."
For the 1993 edition, see 60:30019.
Correspondence: Australian Government Publishing Service,
Commonwealth Information Services, G.P.O. Box 84, Canberra, ACT 2601,
Australia. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:20031 Vinuesa Angulo, Julio; Zamora
López, Francisco; Serrano Escanella, Pedro; Espiago
González, Javier. The population of Madrid: an
analysis of the demographic dynamics of the region, 1981-1991. [La
población de Madrid: análisis de la dinámica
demográfica de la región 1981-1991.] Estudios
Sectoriales, [1994]. 262 pp. Comunidad de Madrid, Consejería de
Política Territorial: Madrid, Spain. In Spa.
An analysis is
presented of population trends in the metropolitan region of Madrid,
the capital of Spain. The analysis covers the period 1981-1991.
Emphasis is on the implication of these trends for regional planning.
The analysis covers such aspects as spatial distribution, the
components of population growth, age and sex distribution, household
structure, and probable future developments.
Correspondence:
Comunidad de Madrid, Consejería de Política
Territorial, Madrid, Spain. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
62:20032 Webb, Richard; Fernández Baca
de Valdez, Graciela. Statistical yearbook. Peru in
numbers, 1993. [Anuario estadístico. Peru en numeros,
1993.] Jul 1993. 696 pp. Cuanto S. A.: Lima, Peru. In Spa.
This
volume contains general statistical data for Peru, the latest of which
are for 1993. The chapter on population (pp. 101-14) includes data on
population size, age and sex distribution, marriages, fertility,
mortality, the resident foreign population, and international
migration. Other chapters provide data on women and children,
education, health and nutrition, employment, religion, and social
organization.
Correspondence: Cuanto S. A., Plaza del Ovalo
203-B, San Isidoro, Lima 27, Peru. Location: Princeton
University Library (FST).
Regional studies that are fewer than 100 pages in length and that focus on the structure of population and on the components and rates of growth in the modern period.
62:20033 Cartier, Michel.
Population growth and distribution in China: 1880-1990.
[Croissance démographique et répartition de la population
chinoise: 1880-1990.] Espace, Populations, Sociétés, No.
2, 1995. 209-17 pp. Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. In Fre. with sum. in
Eng.
"[Unlike] the majority of developing countries, China
went through a steady population growth for several centuries, the
country finally entering the phase of demographic transition less than
fifty years ago. The author...attempts to show that the most obvious
result of such an evolution has been the gradual filling up of the
Chinese agricultural space by a dense peasant population, especially
vulnerable to Malthusian crises. Population growth was much higher in
peripheral regions, whereas the transition towards an urbanized
industrial society [has] just started."
Correspondence:
M. Cartier, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 22
Avenue du Président Wilson, 75116 Paris, France. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:20034 Courbage, Youssef. The
population of Palestine. Population: An English Selection, Vol. 7,
1995. 210-24 pp. Paris, France. In Eng.
The author reviews
demographic trends in Palestine. Information is provided on the Arab
population of Palestine prior to 1948; natural increase and migration
since the 1967 war; birth and fertility rates; mortality; human
resources; and future prospects.
For the original French version of
this article, see 60:30030.
Correspondence: Y. Courbage,
Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur,
75675 Paris Cedex 14, France. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
62:20035 de Guibert-Lantoine, Catherine;
Monnier, Alain. Demographic trends: Europe and the other
developed countries overseas. [La conjoncture
démographique: l'Europe et les pays développés
d'Outre-Mer.] Population, Vol. 50, No. 4-5, Jul-Oct 1995. 1,185-210 pp.
Paris, France. In Fre.
A selection of demographic data is presented
concerning Europe and the developed countries in general. The
introductory text examines such issues as natural increase, fertility,
nuptiality, abortion, and mortality. The statistics are primarily for
the years 1993 through 1995, together with retrospective data from
1970. In addition to the topics mentioned above, the statistics also
cover nonmarital fertility, divorce, infant mortality, and life
expectancy.
Correspondence: C. de Guibert-Lantoine, 12 rue
Letellier, 75015 Paris, France. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
62:20036 De Vita, Carol J. The
United States at mid-decade. Population Bulletin, Vol. 50, No. 4,
Mar 1996. 48 pp. Population Reference Bureau: Washington, D.C. In Eng.
The author "provides a snapshot of the U.S. population at
mid-decade and explores the implications of both long- and short-term
demographic trends on the prospects for future change. The report
focuses on regional and state patterns of population growth between
1990 and 1995, particularly as they affect residential and labor force
patterns. It also looks at the aging of the population; racial and
ethnic diversity; immigration; changing family patterns; and the
distribution of income and poverty. An appendix table provides
state-by-state comparisons of 15 important demographic and economic
indicators."
Correspondence: Population Reference
Bureau, 1875 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 520, Washington, D.C.
20009-5728. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:20037 Gans, Paul; Tyagi, V. K.
Spatio-temporal variations in population growth in India since
1901. Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen, Vol. 138, No. 5,
1994. 287-96 pp. Gotha, Germany. In Eng. with sum. in Ger; Rus.
"On the basis of census data we analyse population growth
since 1901 first for India as a whole, secondly [at the] State level.
The spatio-temporal patterns suggest a process of innovation and
diffusion with regard to the spatial change of natural increase. The
southern States cover more stages of the model of demographic
transition than the northern States. Explanations about these spatial
differentials come for example [from] sociocultural differences between
north and south determining two demographic regions according to
Satpura Range."
Correspondence: P. Gans,
Pädagogische Hochschule Erfurt/Mulhausen, Institut für
Geographie, Postfach 307, 99006 Erfurt, Germany. Location: New
York Public Library, New York, NY.
62:20038 Graham, D. T.
Socio-demographic trends in Northern Ireland, 1971 to 1991.
Scottish Geographical Magazine, Vol. 110, No. 3, Dec 1994. 168-76 pp.
Glasgow, Scotland. In Eng.
"Northern Ireland has demographic
and socio-economic structures which set it apart from the rest of the
United Kingdom and religion impacts on this social demography more than
in any other `developed' society. Peripherality also serves to underpin
some of the distinctiveness of the Province. Socio-economic and
demographic data from Population Censuses and demographic data from
Annual Reports of the Registrar General are analysed. The
socio-demographic trends between 1971, 1981 and 1991 are traced and the
spatial patterns are described. Many of the spatial patterns have been
remarkably persistent over time and the problems that arise from this
are unlikely to be addressed fully given the Province's perverse
polity."
Correspondence: D. T. Graham, Nottingham
Trent University, Department of International Studies, Nottingham NG11
8NS, England. Location: New York Public Library, New York, NY.
62:20039 Heleniak, Timothy. Is
Russia's demographic situation improving? Post-Soviet Geography,
Vol. 36, No. 10, Dec 1995. 644-8 pp. Palm Beach, Florida. In Eng.
"Since the Russian economy recently has shown signs of
stabilization, there now is evidence that demographic trends are
beginning to improve somewhat. Although the population declined by
164,200, to 148.1 million at the beginning of 1996, the release of new
statistical compendia by the Russian statistical agency (Goskomstat
Rosii) in 1995 and early 1996 makes it possible to identify several
positive trends....Life expectancy increased for the first time since
1985. The infant mortality rate declined for the second year in a row.
The crude death rate declined for the first time in a decade. The birth
rate remained at about the same level for the third consecutive year.
The rate of natural increase (births minus deaths), although still
negative, recorded a moderate increase."
Correspondence:
T. Heleniak, World Bank, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20433.
Location: Princeton University Library (PR).
62:20040 Hungary. Kozponti Statisztikai
Hivatal (Budapest, Hungary). Main features of the
Hungarian demographic situation in the early nineties. 1996. 37
pp. Budapest, Hungary. In Eng.
This is a general review of current
demographic trends in Hungary based on data from official sources.
There are separate chapters on marriages and divorces, family planning
and fertility, mortality, and health.
Correspondence:
Kozponti Statisztikai Hivatal, Keleti Karoly Utca 5-7, 1525
Budapest II, Hungary. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
62:20041 Kozysa, Józef; Miszczuk,
Andrzej. The demographic potential of the eastern central
region. [Potencjal demograficzny w regionie srodkowowschodnim.]
Wiadomosci Statystyczne, Vol. 39, No. 8, Aug 1994. 21-3 pp. Warsaw,
Poland. In Pol.
Data from local statistical offices are used to
analyze population trends in the four provinces of eastern central
Poland.
Correspondence: J. Kozysa, Uniwersytet Marii
Curie-Sklodowskiej, Plac Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej 5, 20-031 Lublin,
Poland. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:20042 Kranczer, Stanley.
Geographic changes in state population growth. Statistical
Bulletin, Vol. 77, No. 2, Apr-Jun 1996. 31-5 pp. New York, New York. In
Eng.
"The population of the United States continues to
increase, albeit at a slower pace than in the past. Geographically, the
states of the South and West still are experiencing larger relative
gains than those in the Northeast and Midwest, although some changes in
the decennial growth pattern have recently emerged. California's
population increments have steadily diminished since 1990, and last
year Florida's relative gain was comparatively small. Moreover, New
York recorded a decline in the number of its residents. In contrast,
the count of persons living in Texas appears to be accelerating.
Together, the population of these four states comprises nearly
one-third of the nation's total and, therefore, the United States'
future will be heavily influenced by the changes in their growth
patterns."
Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
62:20043 Lewis, Robert A.; Rowland, Richard
H. Regional trends in crude birth, death, and natural
increase rates in Russia and the USSR: 1897-1989. Post-Soviet
Geography, Vol. 36, No. 10, Dec 1995. 617-43 pp. Palm Beach, Florida.
In Eng.
"This paper establishes and discusses briefly regional
patterns and trends in crude birth, death, and natural increase rates
in Russia and the USSR from the turn of the century to 1989. The study
is based on a comparable regional framework and placed in the context
of the demographic transition theory. It discusses sources, collection,
and quality of data, as well as necessary estimating procedures. An
attempt also is made to examine briefly regional age-standardized
rates."
Correspondence: R. A. Lewis, Columbia
University, Morningside Heights, New York, NY 10027. Location:
Princeton University Library (PR).
62:20044 Monnier, Alain; de Guibert-Lantoine,
Catherine. The demographic situation of Europe and the
developed countries overseas: an annual report. Population: An
English Selection, Vol. 7, 1995. 187-202 pp. Paris, France. In Eng.
Tabular data for Europe are provided on population, births, and
deaths; infant mortality rates; total fertility; first marriage rates;
extramarital births; total divorce rates; legal abortions and rates;
and life expectancy at birth. The data cover primarily the period from
1970 to 1994.
For the original French version of this article, see
elsewhere in this issue.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
62:20045 Papazian, Ed. The people
book '95: a marketer's guide to consumer demographics. [1995?]. 78
pp. Media Dynamics: New York, New York. In Eng.
This book presents
a selection of population data for the United States. The data are
taken from official sources. It "is designed to make life easier
for advertising, marketing and media executives who want simple, direct
answers to basic questions about the population as it now stands and
how it is evolving." There are chapters on population trends;
household growth and composition; marital status, parenting, and life
expectancy; regionality; education; employment and vocations; income;
ethnic variables; and a selection of cross
tabulations.
Correspondence: Media Dynamics, 18 East 41st
Street, Suite 1806, New York, NY 10017. Location: Princeton
University Library (SPR).
62:20046 Pelletier, Philippe.
Five geographical surveys of Japanese demography. [Cinq
aperçus géographiques de la démographie
japonaise.] Espace, Populations, Sociétés, No. 2, 1995.
159-80 pp. Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
The
author traces demographic trends in Japan using data from a variety of
sources. "The demographic transition took place quite early, [was]
almost achieved during the 1920s, and the post-war baby boom did not
challenge it. Although a stabilization was engaged during the 1970s, a
rural depopulation started again during the 1980s towards the
Megalopolis and especially [Greater] Tokyo. Today the ageing of the
Japanese population is not [strictly a] demographic problem but a
social and geographical one."
Correspondence: P.
Pelletier, Université Lumière Lyon II, Département
de Géographie, 5 avenue Méndes-France, C.P. 11, 69676
Bron Cedex, France. Location: Princeton University Library
(SPR).
62:20047 Peng, Peiyun. The
population of China and its development. [La población de
China y su desarrollo.] Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos, Vol. 9,
No. 2, May-Aug 1994. 481-95 pp. Mexico City, Mexico. In Spa.
The
author reviews trends in population dynamics in China. Aspects
considered include socioeconomic development and population growth; the
government's focus on population and development problems and its
fundamental strategy; population policies and goals; family planning
and protection of maternal-child health; and demographic opportunities
and challenges for China in the 1990s.
Correspondence: P.
Peng, State Commission on Family Planning, Beijing, China.
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:20048 Ruzkovà, Jirina; Ales,
Milan. Population development in the Czech Republic in
1994. [Populacní vývoj v Ceské Republice v
roce 1994.] Demografie, Vol. 37, No. 4, 1995. 237-53 pp. Prague, Czech
Republic. In Cze. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
The authors describe
trends in population dynamics in the Czech Republic in 1994. Aspects
considered include change in population size, fertility, migration,
nuptiality, age at marriage, mortality (including infant and neonatal
mortality), contraceptive use, and abortion.
Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:20049 Shakhot'ko, L.
Demographic impact of the Chernobyl nuclear power station
disaster. [Demograficheskie posledstviya katastrofy na
Chernobyl'skoi AES.] Voprosy Statistiki, No. 2, 1996. 66-72 pp. Moscow,
Russia. In Rus. with sum. in Eng.
"The article deals with the
impact of the Chernobyl [nuclear] disaster on demographic development
of the areas [of Belarus] damaged through the disaster. Data are given
related to population size, sex and age population structure,
migration, morbidity, mortality and fertility based on monitoring
surveys."
Correspondence: L. Shakhot'ko, Ministry for
Statistics and Analysis, Scientific and Research Institute of
Statistics, Minsk, Belarus. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
62:20050 Sztokman, Nicole. The
Taiwanese population: demographic aspects. [La population
taiwanaise: aspects démographiques.] Espace, Populations,
Sociétés, No. 2, 1995. 181-90 pp. Villeneuve d'Ascq,
France. In Fre. with sum. in Eng.
"While quite recently
settled, the island of Taiwan is one of the most densely populated
territories in the world....The former Formosa is nowadays a young
country which [provides] very satisfactory health conditions to its
inhabitants. The ageing process of the population is only beginning as
the demographic transition is just [being achieved]. The country
has...at its disposal significant labor force resources: the major
asset to its development."
Correspondence: N.
Sztokman, Université de Nantes, CESTAN, CNRS-URA 915,
Boîte Postale 1025, 44036 Nantes Cedex 01, France. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:20051 Tirpák, Michal; Adamica,
Frantisek. Population development in the Slovak Republic
in 1994. [Populacný vývoj v Slovenskej Republike v
roku 1994.] Demografie, Vol. 37, No. 4, 1995. 254-66 pp. Prague, Czech
Republic. In Cze. with sum. in Eng; Rus.
"Basic population
characteristics concerning reproduction of inhabitants in the Slovak
Republic are presented in a concise form. Population development in
1994 was characterized by decline of natality (to 12.4 per 1,000) and
by decrease of total fertility (to 1.66)....Though crude death rate has
[declined] nevertheless among men aged 30-54 years the relevant rate is
relatively high (2.8 times higher than among women of the same age
group)."
Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
62:20052 United States. Bureau of the Census
(Washington, D.C.). How we're changing. Demographic state
of the nation: 1996. Current Population Reports, Series P-23:
Special Studies, No. 191, Feb 1996. 4 pp. Washington, D.C. In Eng.
"This is an overview of major demographic findings reported by
the [U.S.] Census Bureau since January 1995. Topics covered give an
update on trends and attending issues facing America today and into the
next century." Information is provided on marital status and
divorce; size of the foreign-born population; mobility; health
insurance; child care and support; household income; poverty; and home
ownership and housing.
Correspondence: U.S. Bureau of the
Census, Washington, D.C. 20233. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
62:20053 Véron, Jacques.
INED and the third world. [L'INED et le Tiers Monde.]
Population, Vol. 50, No. 6, Nov-Dec 1995. 1,565-77 pp. Paris, France.
In Fre.
The author describes how demographic issues concerning
developing countries have been dealt with over the past 50 years in
research conducted at INED, the French National Institute for
Demographic Studies. He bases his description of INED's research on
articles published in the review
"Population".
Correspondence: J. Véron,
Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, 27 rue du Commandeur,
75675 Paris Cedex 14, France. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
62:20054 Vishnevskii, A. G.
Russia: the demographic situation. Studies on Russian Economic
Development, Vol. 6, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1995. 35-45 pp. Moscow, Russia. In
Eng.
This is a summary of the second annual report on the
demographic situation in Russia prepared by the Center for Demography
and Human Ecology in Moscow. The report examines such topics as
population size, spatial distribution, and age composition; health,
mortality, and life expectancy; population replacement; and internal
and external migration.
Correspondence: A. G. Vishnevskii,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economic Forecasting,
Leninsky Pr. 14, 117901 Moscow, Russia. Location: Princeton
University Library (PR).
62:20055 Zakee, R. European
population growth is strongest in the north, decreasing in the
east. [Bevolkingsgroei Europa het sterkst in het noorden, afname
in het oosten.] Maandstatistiek van de Bevolking, Vol. 44, No. 2, Feb
1996. 16-7 pp. Voorburg, Netherlands. In Dut. with sum. in Eng.
The
author outlines population trends in Europe in 1994 and 1995. Data are
provided on live births, deaths, and migration. Some possible reasons
for changes are considered.
Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
